kfr@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Karl F. Ruehr) (04/06/88)
The department here at Michigan is looking into a change in our second course in CS to use a different, more "full-featured" language than Pascal. We are also looking into a move for this course from our venerable MTS operating system on a mainframe to Apollo Domain network machines we have. In particular, we are interested in C++ and Modula-2 compilers for these environments (we have a "home-grown" C++ prototype, but it is not robust enough for student use). Sooo, ... Does anyone out there have information on implementations of C++ or Modula-2 which run on Apollo Domain and which will support more-or-less beginners in a fairly comfortable way? We are also looking for textbooks which emphasize more advanced data structures and algorithms material and for reports on experiences using the same. Please mail responses; I'll summarize to the net if there is sufficient interest. -- Fritz Ruehr (kfr@zippy.eecs.umich.edu)